Lavender in the Village

Seventh Annual

Lavender in the Village Festival

Friday, June 25th

Saturday, June 26th

and Sunday, June 27th

Lavender in the Village is a joint effort between Los Poblanos Inn, Casa Rondeña Winery, the Growers' Market, and the Village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque.  Please visit  the website at:  www.lavenderinthevillage.com for up-to-the-minute information on all the special activities!

LOCATIONS:  Village of Los Ranchos Park (Hartnett Park), Los Ranchos Growers' Market, Los Poblanos Inn and Lavender Fields, Casa Rondena Winery

ADMISSION:  Adults $3, Kids $2, Under 10 years old FREE.  Cash only.

FREE PARKING & SHUTTLING:  Los Ranchos Elementary, Taft Middle School, Alvarado Elementary, Anderson Winery

ACTIVITIES:  Everything lavender!  Cooking with Lavender, Bed & Bath Lavender Products, Fresh Lavender Bouquets & Plants, U-Pick Lavender, Lavender Beverages, Lavender Food Specialties: dairy products, herbs, pasta, butter, jams, ice cream, and much more!

SHOPPING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES:  Vineyard Tours and Wine Tasting (NM Wines); Live Music and Great Food; Children's Activities (Music, Storytelling, Crafts, and more); Arts and Crafts; Antiques & Collectibles; Book Signing; Growers' Market (Fres Produce, Flowers and Plants); Pet Parade; and Fun Run!

FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 6-10PM: BARN DANCE & AUCTION

Friday, June 25:

Preview shopping, live auction, dinner and dance.  Music by Jimmy Stadler.  Auctioneer: Howard McCall.  Taste of the Valley includes: El Camino (Mexican); Luigi's (Italian); Johndhi's (BBQ); A Cake Odyssey (Dessert); Calico Cantina (Beer and Margaritas); Casa Rondena Winery (Wine). 

For ticket information contact Katie Snapp (505) 280-1427, katiesnapp@aol.com or Kay Shollenbarger (505) 344-7877, rshollenbarger@comcast.net

SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JUNE 26 & 27: 8AM-4PM

Artists, Arts and Crafts, Jewelers,Antique & Collectibles, Home Décor; Books, Lavender products & lavender basket weaving demonstrations, Food Court,Children’s Activities, Liz Sanchez Stables, Beer and Wine, and much more.  Schedule subject to change.

On June 26 & 27, as part of the Lavender in the Village activities, the Growers‘ Market will have special, extended hours, on Saturday, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., and on Sunday, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

There will be fresh lavender bouquets, lavender plants and companion plants. 

Food specialties will include: South Mountain Dairy will have Herbs de Provence Chevre and Honey Lavender Chevre; Pasta Divina will have Herbs de Provence pasta, lavender butter, and Herbs de Provence cream sauce; Nancy Hobson will have Apricot-lavender and Strawberry-lavender jams; and Randy Schamlin will have pies dusted with lavender sugar, lavender-orange scones and lavender-honey ice cream.

The Market will present a series of short “Ask Our Expert” presentations every hour on the hour from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday in the Expert Tent adjacent to the handball courts. Our experts will then be available at their booths to answer questions throughout the festival. Look for the sign “Expert” on the special booths. Bring

questions to ask our experts who include chefs and food specialists, growers, landscape designers and horticulturists, certified herbalists, and makers of scents, soaps and lavender wands. Schedule may change; check info board on the day of the event.

Saturday, June 26:

8am - 4 pm: Gates Open

8am - 4pm: Vendors: In the Barn and on the Green

8am: Fun Run (location TBA)

9am: Cooking with Lavender, Mia Maes, Chef and Cateress

10am: Growing and Maintaining Lavender, Jennifer Timms, Landscape Designer, JerichoNursery

11am: Various uses of lavender/lavender wand making: Monica Canaris, local grower

Noon: Cooking with Lavender, Mia Maes, Chef and Cateress

11am - 4pm: Beer and Wine

Casa Rondena Winery Tours

All day: Wine tasting, Lavender Sangria, Wood fired pizza, Lavender white chocolate popsicles

10:30am: Tour of Casa Rondena Winery at 733 Chavez Rd. NW.

Noon: Tour of Casa Rondena Winery at 733 Chavez Rd. NW.

Noon-4pm: Live Bluegrass Band at Casa Rondena Winery, 733 Chavez Rd. NW.

1:30pm: Tour of Casa Rondena Winery at 733 Chavez Rd. NW.

3pm: Tour of Casa Rondena Winery at 733 Chavez Rd. NW.

4:30pm: Tour of Casa Rondena Winery at 733 Chavez Rd. NW.

Book Signings - LPD Booth in the Barn # 6

10-11 am: Ann Hillerman & Don Strell - Tony Hillerman’s Landscapes, Santa Fe Flavors, & Gardens of Santa Fe

12-1 pm: Don James, One Nation One Year, Albuquerque The Magazine’s

Our Favorite Recipes

2-3 pm: Barbe Awalt & Paul Rhetts - Faces of Market

Children’s Activities

All Day to Face Painting

9-10am: Susie Tallman dba Rock Me Baby Records - Children’s music

12:30-1:30pm: Susie Tallman dba Rock Me Baby Records - Children’s music

3-3:30pm: Contessa Connie - Book reading

Entertainment Stage

9-10:30am: Los Amigos - Authentic Mexican and Latin Music

11:30am - 1:30pm: Muddy River String Band

2-4 pm: Bootleg Prophets

On the Green

8am-4pm: Liz Sanchez Stables

8am-4pm: Albuquerque Alcapas

1-3pm: Wildlife West Nature Park - Basic biology, handling and husbandry

of captive birds of prey

Sunday, June 27:

7am-1pm: Music

8am-4pm: Vendors: In the Barn and on the Green

9am: Lavender & Other Herbs, Allison Alterman, Certified Herbalist

10am: Cooking with Lavender, Mia Maes, Chef and Cateress

11am: Growing and Maintaining Lavender, Jennifer Timms, Landscape Designer, Jericho

Nursery

Noon: Lavender through the Ages, James Sais, Horticulturalist

Noon-4pm: Beer and Wine

Pet Parade

9-11am: Pet Parade, Awards Ceremony and Blessing of the Animals

• Pet Parade begins on the Village Green at the Village of Los Ranchos (6718 Rio  Grande Blvd.)

• Sponsor: Canine Country Club and Feline Inn

• Friends of the Pet Parade: Bow Wow Blues and Southwestern Cedar and Oil

• Start Time: Registration begins at 9am - $5 fee, Parade begins at 10 a.m., Awards  Ceremony and Blessing of the Animals at 11am on the Green-main stage

• Parade Categories: “You Ain’t Nuthin’ But a Farm Dog, Pet-rageous!, Owner/Pet Look Alike, Pet Perfect, Best Family Participation

Casa Rondena Winery Tours

All day: Wine tasting, Lavender Sangria, Wood fired pizza, Lavender white chocolate popsicles

Noon-4pm: Live Bluegrass Band at Casa Rondena Winery, 733 Chavez Rd. NW.

12:30pm: Tour of Casa Rondena Winery at 733 Chavez Rd. NW.

2pm: Tour of Casa Rondena Winery at 733 Chavez Rd. NW.

3:30pm: Tour of Casa Rondena Winery at 733 Chavez Rd. NW.

4:30pm: Tour of Casa Rondena Winery at 733 Chavez Rd. NW.

Book Signings - LPD Booth in the Barn # 6

11am-Noon: Carla Aragon - Dance of the Eggshells

Noon-1pm: Nasario Garcia - Fe y Tradegias

1-2pm: Sabra Brown Steinsiek - The Tale of the Pronghorned Cantaloupe, Timing is Everything.

2-3pm: Jill Lane to Spanish/English Primer

Entertainment Stage

9:30am-11:30pm: TBA

Noon-2pm: Muddy River String Band

2-4pm: TBA

On the Green

8am-4pm: Liz Sanchez Stables

8am-4pm: Albuquerque Alcapas

1-3pm: Wildlife West Nature Park - Basic biology, handling and husbandry

of captive birds of prey

Los Poblanos Inn and Lavender Fields

Los Poblanos welcomes visitors to the 2010 Lavender in the Village Festival. We are proud to be a part of this important community event. Please join us to learn about lavender and sustainable agriculture, make your own lavender crafts, meet regional farmers and artisans and have fun! Please visit our website: www.lospoblanos.com for the most current schedule of events.

• U-Pick Los Poblanos Lavender

• Lavender Products for Sale

• Los Poblanos Café with food by Chef Jonathan Perno and Beer Garden

• Complimentary Therapeutic Massage in the park by New Mexico School of Natural Therapeutics

• Eco-education Workshops

• Aromatherapy, Sustainable Agriculture, Healthy Living, and more!

• Lavender Crafts & Activities

• Lavender Soap with Rhetta Herlan, Lavender Sachets with The Sweater Girls, Lavender Wands with Eddie Romero, Distillation Demonstrations with Armin Rembe

• Organic Produce Market Stand with Los Poblanos Organics

• Interactive Exhibits

• Story of Bees with Beth Crowder of Sparrowhawk Farm, New Mexican Birds with Wildlife Rescue Inc., Goat Milking with Christine Chavez, and more!

• Plein Air Painting

• Children’s Activities including Field Fun with Big Fun Enterprises, lavender face painting, petting zoo

• Music Stage featuring regional New Mexican favorites.